Definition of Brass

Noun: brass brÃ£s

An alloy of copper and zinc
A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
- brass instrument
The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- administration, governance, governing body, establishment, organization, organisation [Brit]
Impudent aggressiveness
"I couldn't believe her brass";
- boldness, nerve, face, cheek
An ornament or utensil made of brass
The section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
- brass section
A memorial made of brass
- memorial tablet
[Brit] Informal term for money
- boodle, bread, cabbage [US], clams [US], dinero [N. Amer], dough, gelt, kale [US], lettuce [US], lolly [Brit], lucre, loot, moolah [N. Amer], pelf [archaic], scratch, shekels, simoleons [US], sugar, wampum [N. Amer], wonga [Brit], moola [N. Amer], mazuma [US], dosh [Brit]